verb · academic
assign
/əˈsaɪn/as·SIGN
Band 7+speakingtask2
to give a task or a responsibility to someone; to designate something for a particular purpose
Examples
“The professor assigned us a short research project on renewable energy.”
“In the report, time and budget were assigned to each phase of the project.”
“They assigned different roles to members to make the presentation run smoothly.”
Band 8 sentence
“For the group project, the tutor assigned roles strategically so that each member could play to their strengths.”
Collocations
- assign a task
- assign responsibility
- assign to someone
Word family
assignment nounassigned adjective
Common mistakes
use 'give' instead of 'assign' in formal writing→assign
confuse with 'allocate'→assign
Say it for a higher band
5give→6assign→7+assign
Synonyms
allocate
Easily confused
allocate
“The company allocated funds to support the new research.”
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